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Watching The Sting......forget how really great this movie was.... (Original Post) a kennedy May 2024 OP
Absolutely agree. niyad May 2024 #1
Right on 3auld6phart May 2024 #4
A truly great movie. The art of the scam. OAITW r.2.0 May 2024 #2
One of my favorite movies ever. 3catwoman3 May 2024 #3
The version of "Solace" used in the film is a shortened version of Scott Joplin's original piece. Aristus May 2024 #15
The "mark" was also just a great actor in Jaws.......👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 a kennedy May 2024 #5
If you want to watch another great Paul Newman movie... Enter stage left May 2024 #6
I'm watching a DVR'd copy of Absence of Malice right now..... a kennedy May 2024 #13
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do... Enter stage left May 2024 #14
Love it. Several cons going on at the same time, including on the audience unblock May 2024 #7
50 years ago. no_hypocrisy May 2024 #8
Put Scott Joplin on the map. usonian May 2024 #9
The audience is delighted to learn Frasier Balzov May 2024 #10
rewatched it about a month ago. mopinko May 2024 #11
I don't know how many times choie May 2024 #12

3catwoman3

(25,344 posts)
3. One of my favorite movies ever.
Sat May 11, 2024, 10:04 PM
May 2024

The casting, the soundtrack, the story, the costuming - perfection all the way around.

It totally had me when Johnny Hooker was fake shot, and I was so relieved when he got up off the floor.

Our older son is a fairly accomplished piano player, and one of his favorite pieces to play is Solace from this movie.

Aristus

(68,170 posts)
15. The version of "Solace" used in the film is a shortened version of Scott Joplin's original piece.
Mon May 13, 2024, 09:20 AM
May 2024

I definitely recommend hearing the whole thing. "The Sting" director George Roy Hill described it perfectly as "haunting".

"The Sting" is also one of my favorite movies. Robert Redford and Paul Newman never lose their power to dazzle. As pointed out above, the entire cast was pitch-perfect. With Johnny Hooker's strong bond with Luther and his family, in a time of deeply-ingrained racism, you knew he was one of the good guys, bad gambler or not.

The split-second timing of the con at the Western Union office is masterful, and always incredible fun to watch.

Enter stage left

(3,805 posts)
6. If you want to watch another great Paul Newman movie...
Sat May 11, 2024, 10:12 PM
May 2024

watch "Absence of Malice". It's a movie you must pay attention to. It's a very mental movie, but the book is even better.

usonian

(13,470 posts)
9. Put Scott Joplin on the map.
Sun May 12, 2024, 12:20 AM
May 2024

Love every one of his works, even if the syncopation has my mind and fingers tied in knots and stepping all over each other.

Perfect pairing with the flow of the movie.

I especially appreciated the paint job.

If you had put half a million on Mystic Dan to win, you would have made $9 million.

mopinko

(71,597 posts)
11. rewatched it about a month ago.
Sun May 12, 2024, 06:45 AM
May 2024

i rarely watch a movie or read a book twice. there r just too many more good 1s out there.
but that was the 4th time i’ve watched the sting, and i enjoy it every time.

choie

(4,398 posts)
12. I don't know how many times
Sun May 12, 2024, 10:58 AM
May 2024

I’ve watched The Sting, and I love it each time! The plot and the teaming of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, along with co stars Robert Shaw and Harold Gould - just brilliant!

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